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Monday, February 6, 2012

Crop & Swap Culinary Challenge

Rhubarb champagne by Melanie & Alexander

We hope everyone has had a great summer holidays and your crops have survived the downpours and occasional bursts of heat!

After last Crop & Swap, Amber & Peter mentioned they try to use all the things they receive from the swap in dinner that night. So that got us thinking…..it’s time for our inaugural ‘Crop & Swap Culinary Challenge’.

So much of the fun in what we do, is in enjoying what we receive while it’s fresh and hearing all the stories

So here’s how the challenge will work:

1. Come along to Crop & Swap this Saturday 11 Feb, and swap ‘till you drop2. Whatever goods you walk away with, use as much as possible in dinner that night3. Share your stories - email stories & photo’s to cropandswap.bluemountains@gmail.com or upload as a comment to this blog post4. We’ll then collect all the stories and publish them in the share barrow (Crop & Swap newsletter) which will be out again in March.

And no Saturday night dinner will be complete without Melanie & Alexander’s rhubarb champagne. Get your aprons ready…The challenge is on!

1 comment:

There are some excellent culinary challenge attempts posted on the Crop and Swap facebook page! All of your fabulous meals looked fantastic...and it's so cool to think they came from many of our gardens and kitchens...see you all this weekend!

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What is the Crop & Swap?

The Crop & Swap is a vibrant local food swap in the lower Blue Mountains. It's a monthly event where hundreds of people who are passionate about growing or making their own food come together, swap produce and share a cuppa!If you grow your own fruit or vegetables, have chooks or make your own bread or jams, come to our neighbourhood food swap! Everyone is welcome. Simply bring a few or more items to swap or share with others in your local neighbourhood and community.

The variety and quality of items brought each year has been fantastic, from beautiful fruit and veggies, to delicious sour dough breads, even local honey, and cheese.

While we love sharing locally grown food, the Crop & Swap is also a great way to meet others and share recipes, gardening tips, and local knowledge. Come along and make some new friends in our growing swap Crop & Swap community.